What's the Buzz?

After the holidays it gets a little nippy, even here in Miami, and the bees experience a bit of a work slowdown. But they've been busy, gearing up to get ready for Spring. We've put new Supers (wooden boxes) on top of the colonies, giving them plenty of room to build up honeycomb in anticipation of the Spring honeyflow. Also keeps them from getting crowded, so it's a method of swarm prevention as well. The mangos and the avocados are blossoming, so they've got some lovely flowers to play with. (Truth is, mango blossoms are not their favorite, but they'll pollinate them anyway....) Looking forward to the girls building up their population so that there will be plenty of field bees collecting nectar and pollen by March....